Plasma zone plate for high-power lasers driven by a Laguerre-Gaussian beam
Plasma Physics
2023-04-05 v1
Abstract
Plasma-based optics has emerged as an attractive alternative to traditional solid-state optics for high-power laser manipulation due to its higher damage threshold. In this work, we propose a plasma zone plate (PZP) driven by the ponderomotive force of a Laguerre-Gaussian beam when it irradiates an underdense plasma slice. We formulate the theory of the PZP and demonstrate its formation and function of focusing high-power lasers using particle-in-cell simulations. The proposed scheme may offer a new method to focus and manipulate high-power lasers with plasma-based optics
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@article{arxiv.2210.02815,
title = {Plasma zone plate for high-power lasers driven by a Laguerre-Gaussian beam},
author = {Lukai Wang and Wei Liu and Qing Jia and Jian Zheng},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2210.02815},
year = {2023}
}